Wind Tunnel

While deployed to Afghanistan, Mario made a list of things he wanted to do with the kids when he got home. Going to a wind tunnel was on the list. Fortunately we have one half-way between Tucson and Phoenix. They let you go one at a time for a minute each. They get to do it twice. The first time they are just teaching you how to position your body, the second time, they let you try to fly alone and then the last few seconds, the instructor hangs on to you and takes you high up in the air. Nathan opted out of going up high which was understandable. He did a flip (accidentally) and then looked like a rag doll being thrown against the wall during his first minute. Fortunately the instructor caught him. Going up high did look a bit scary. But the other kids said that was the best part. Now Zachary and Erin are asking to take one friend each and go for their birthdays. We'll see, it wasn't cheap.

The pictures I took were through a window so they are blurry. Fortunately we were given a good quality dvd of them flying. So that will be fun to watch over and over again, especially the part with poor Nathan being thrown up against the wall.